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Houston Astros @ Atlanta Braves

1981-09-08 · Night game · Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium · Att: 2800 · 2:13

Atlanta Braves defeated Houston Astros 3–2. Atlanta Braves put up 2 in the 9th. Rick Camp earned the win. Bruce Benedict went 1-for-2 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HOU	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	5
ATL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	7

W: Rick Camp L: Billy Smith SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Paul Pryor · 1B: Bill Williams · 2B: Dave Pallone · 3B: Fred Brocklander · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tony Scott	4	0	0	0	0	0
Phil Garner	4	0	0	0	0	2
Cesar Cedeno	1	0	0	0	0	1
Jose Cruz	4	0	0	0	0	0
Art Howe	2	0	0	0	1	0
Gary Woods	3	1	1	1	0	1
Kiko Garcia	3	0	2	1	0	0
Luis Pujols	3	0	1	0	0	1
Vern Ruhle	2	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Roberts	2	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Ivie	1	0	0	0	0	0
Harry Spilman	1	0	1	0	0	0
Dickie Thon	1	1	0	0	0	0

Atlanta Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Brett Butler	3	0	0	0	0	0
Claudell Washington	3	1	1	0	0	0
Bob Horner	4	0	3	0	0	0
Chris Chambliss	4	0	1	2	0	0
Dale Murphy	3	0	0	0	0	0
Glenn Hubbard	3	0	0	0	0	0
Bruce Benedict	2	1	1	1	1	0
Rafael Ramirez	3	0	0	0	0	0
Larry McWilliams	2	0	0	0	0	2
Jerry Royster	1	0	1	0	0	0
Rufino Linares	1	0	0	0	0	0

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Vern Ruhle	7.0	3	1	2
Joe Sambito	1.0	2	0	0
Billy Smith	0.0	2	0	0

Atlanta Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Larry McWilliams	8.0	4	1	4
Rick Camp	1.0	1	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Tony Scott: 9
Phil Garner: K
Cesar Cedeno: K

Bot 1

Brett Butler: 63
Claudell Washington: 7
Bob Horner: S7
Chris Chambliss: 43

Top 2

Jose Cruz: 13
Art Howe: 8
Gary Woods: K/C

Bot 2

Dale Murphy: 9
Glenn Hubbard: 63
Bruce Benedict: 43

Top 3

Kiko Garcia: 53
Luis Pujols: K
Vern Ruhle: 63

Bot 3

Rafael Ramirez: 63
Larry McWilliams: K
Brett Butler: 43

Top 4

Tony Scott: 53
Phil Garner: 7
Dave Roberts: 13

Bot 4

Claudell Washington: S8
Bob Horner: S7.1-2
Chris Chambliss: 46(1)3/GDP.2-3
Dale Murphy: 23

Top 5

Jose Cruz: 13
Art Howe: 4
Gary Woods: 13

Bot 5

Glenn Hubbard: 63
Bruce Benedict: W
Rafael Ramirez: 9
Larry McWilliams: K/C

Top 6

Kiko Garcia: S8
Luis Pujols: 46(1)3/GDP
Vern Ruhle: 63

Bot 6

Brett Butler: 6
Claudell Washington: 7
Bob Horner: 53

Top 7

Tony Scott: 8
Phil Garner: 63
Dave Roberts: 8

Bot 7

Chris Chambliss: 6
Dale Murphy: E6.B-1
Glenn Hubbard: CS2(24)
Glenn Hubbard: 8

Top 8

Jose Cruz: 43
Art Howe: W
Gary Woods: D9.1-H;B-3(THH)
Kiko Garcia: S8.3-H
Luis Pujols: S7.1-3
Mike Ivie: 6
Tony Scott: 9

Bot 8

Bruce Benedict: HR/7
Rafael Ramirez: 9
Jerry Royster: S7
Rufino Linares: 14(1)3/GDP

Top 9

Phil Garner: K
Harry Spilman: S6
Jose Cruz: 46(1)/FO
Dickie Thon: 53

Bot 9

Claudell Washington: HP
Bob Horner: S7.1-2
Chris Chambliss: D7.2-H;1-H

Notes & reviews

Cesar Cedeno ejected by HP umpire Paul Pryor when he entered the stands to attack a heckler who was chanting 'Killer, Killer' at Cedeno; Cedeno fined $5000 by NL

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